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Month: October 2014

Life Partners – FeaturetteAt 29, the most long-term relationship Sasha (Leighton Meester) and Paige (Gillian Jacobs) have ever been in is with each other, using their co-dependent friendship as an excuse not to venture out into the dating world alone. But when Paige meets nerdy Tim (Adam Brody) and starts to get serious for the first time, the nature of their friendship begins to shift. Fearing sheâs being castaside, Sasha tries to keep their relationship the same, but does growing up also mean growing apart?Directed by: Susanna FogelStarring: Leighton Meester, Gillian Jacobs, Adam Brody, Gabourey Sidibe

Happy Valley – TrailerNestled in the idyllic area known as Happy Valley lies the town of State College and the home of Penn State University. For over 40 years, Joe Paterno was the celebrated head coach of the school’s storied football team. Lauded not only for his program’s success on the field, but also for studentsâ achievements in the classroom, Paterno was a revered figure in a town where team loyaltyapproached nationalistic fervor. Then in November 2011 everything changed when longtime assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was charged with 40 counts of child sex abuse, setting off a firestorm of accusations about who failed to protect the children of Happy Valley. Filmed over the course of the year after Sanduskyâs arrest as key players agreed to share their stories, HAPPY VALLEY deconstructs the story we think we know to uncover a much more complicated and tragic tale.Directed by: Amir Bar-LevStarring:

The Circle – TrailerZÃ¼rich in the mid-1950s: The young shy teacher Ernst Ostertag (Matthias HungerbÃ¼hler) becomesa member of the gay organization DER KREIS (The Circle), whose publication unites the fragile yet vibrant post World War II gay community in Switzerland. Upon meeting cabaret singer and female impersonator RÃ¶bi Rapp (Sven Schelker), Ernst immediately falls head over heels in love with him, and hefinds himself torn between his bourgeois existence and acceptance of his homosexuality. For RÃ¶bi, it is a relationship that proves to last a lifetime. Featuring a unique blend of narrative and documentary formats with the modern day protagonists commenting on the scripted sequences of the film,THE CIRCLE deftly charts the increasing repression against homosexuals in Zurich as the two young and very different men fight for their love, and, together with their friends, for the rights of gays.Directed by: Stefan HauptStarring: Sven Schelker, Anatole Taubman, Marianne Sägebrecht, Matthias Hungerbühler, Antoine Monot Jr.

Two-Bit Waltz – TrailerIn the wonderfully dysfunctional tradition of The Royal Tenenbaums, teenage years are always messy… but for Maude, things couldn’t seem more tragic. Within one week just prior to her 18th birthday, she is suspended from school, stranded by her best friend, dumped by the boy she “loves”, and Granny just died leaving her an enormous amount of money under one condition: Maude must go to college which she does not want to do and her wildly eccentric family is no help at all. Of course… Itâs a comedy!Directed by: Clara MametStarring: Clara Mamet, William H. Macy, Rebecca Pidgeon, David Paymer, Jared Gilman, Ella Dershowitz

Laggies – Dream CastIn the throes of a quarter-life crisis, Megan panics when her boyfriend proposes, then, taking an opportunity to escape for a week, hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year-old Annika, who lives with her world-weary single dad.Directed by: Lynn SheltonStarring: Keira Knightley, Chloe Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell

Interstellar – FeaturetteWith our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most importantmission in human history: traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.Directed by: Christopher NolanStarring: Â Â

Before I Disappear – TrailerA troubled young man and his straight-laced niece embark on a thrilling odysseythrough New York City in this heartrending drama based on an Oscar-winning short. As his life hits rock bottom, 20-something Richie (Shawn Christensen) decides to end it allâonly to have his half-hearted suicide attempt interrupted by an urgent request from his sister (Emmy Rossum) to babysit her precocious daughter (Fatima Ptacek). So begins a madcap tour of Manhattan after dark, as uncle and niece find unexpected bonds in the unlikeliest of places. Ron Perlman co-stars in this hugely moving adaptation of up-and-coming director/star Christensen’s own 2013 Academy Award-winning short, Curfew.Directed by: Shawn ChristensenStarring: Shawn Christensen, Fatima Ptacek, Emmy Rossum, Paul Wesley, Ron Perlman

Exodus: Gods and Kings – Ridley Scott ExclusiveFrom acclaimed director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Prometheus) comes theepic adventure “Exodus: Gods and Kings,” the story of one man’s daring courage to take on the might of an empire. Using state of the art visual effects and 3D immersion, Scott brings new life to the story of the defiant leader Moses (Christian Bale) as he rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses (Joel Edgerton), setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.Directed by: Ridley ScottStarring: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, John Turturro, Aaron Paul, Ben Mendelsohn, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley